A HOST of Loughborough athletes have been selected in the squad for next month’s World Championships in Berlin.

Leading the way is the already selected Paula Radcliffe who will try to retain the marathon title she won in 2005.

Pole vaulters Kate Dennison (who broke the British record again last weekend at Crystal Palace) and Steve Lewis plus javelin thrower Goldie Sayers will compete from August 15-23.

Andy Turner will look to continue his impressive form in 2009 in the 110m hurdles.

Martyn Rooney has also been included in the squad for the 400m and 4x400m despite struggling with a hamstring injury and only finishing seventh in the Monaco Grand Prix on Tuesday clocking 46:22 in an event he won last year.

Rooney has been highly critical of UK Athletics who he blames for the injury because they would not ley his physiotherapists from Loughborough travel to be with him for his warm weather training in California at the start of the season.

His training partner at Loughborough, Ireland’s David Gillick clocked 45.34 for third behind the dominant American LaShawn Merritt.

After finishing just 0.03 seconds outside of the time needed to make last week’s 100m final of the Crystal Palace Grand Prix that was won so impressively by Usain Bolt, Harry Akines-Aryeetey has been named in the men’s 4x100m relay team.

In the women’s events Lisa Dobriskey booked her place for Berlin with two strong shows this week that show the 25-year-old is coming back from injury at the right time. At Crystal Palace she finished third in the 1500m at Monaco and fifth in a personal best 4:02.28 in Monaco.

Loughborough graduate Nicola Sanders (400m) has also qualified for the Worlds after clocking an impressive 51.54secs at Crystal Palace.

In the squad as well for the 4x100m is Jeanette Kwakye with Vicky Barr and Lee McConnell in the 4x400m.

Also in London three Loughborough based athletes - Charlotte Best, Dani Christmas and Laura Finucane competed in a high quality invitation 800m race.

Best finished third behind guest athlete Vicky Griffiths (Liverpool Harriers) in an excellent 2:01.98 ahead of Poland’s Agnieszka Leszczynska, the European Under 23 bronze medallist.

Charlotte taking third in 2:02.69. The fastest finisher on the home straight was Finucance who clocked 2:03.03 in just her second race of the season to take fourth and Christmas was 11th in 2:08.77.